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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform across all outlets, with a bias spread of just 0.0 points. Every headline adopted straightforward, factual wire-service language centered on the arrest of a juvenile suspect and the location near Florida A&M's stadium. Fox News led with "Tallahassee police arrest 15-year-old suspect," NBC used "Police arrest a 15-year-old in shooting… that injured 12," and NeutralNews ran similar constructions. The only meaningful difference between headlines was one outlet's choice to foreground the human toll — "12 Injured, Including Six Children" — rather than the arrest, which shifts emphasis toward victims without carrying any ideological charge. No outlet employed loaded descriptors, politically coded language, or framing designed to advance a particular narrative. The shared approach reflects standard breaking-news convention: who was arrested, their age, what happened, and where.